Eastern Kentucky Sees Dry Weather Continue Through October 2008

THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE AND THE LONDON CORBIN AIRPORT FINISHED
LAST MONTH ABNORMALLY DRY...ONCE AGAIN. BOTH LOCATIONS ENDED OCTOBER
2008 APPROACHING TWO INCHES DRIER THAN NORMAL. IN FACT...OCTOBER
2008 RANKED AS THE FOURTH DRIEST OCTOBER AT JACKSON AND LONDON.
FURTHERMORE...JACKSON HAS RECEIVED ONLY 3.25 INCHES SINCE AUGUST 1ST
2008...WHICH IS 7.79 INCHES BELOW NORMAL OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS.
THIS AMOUNT IS THE DRIEST AUGUST THROUGH OCTOBER EVER AT
JACKSON...EASILY OUTDISTANCING THE 4.91 INCHES FROM AUGUST THROUGH
OCTOBER OF 2001. OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS AT LONDON...ONLY 14.09
INCHES OF PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN MEASURED...WHICH IS 8.76 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. THIS AMOUNT RANKS AS THE DRIEST MAY THROUGH OCTOBER
PERIOD EVER AT LONDON...BESTING THE 14.32 INCHES FROM 2005.
TEMPERATUREWISE...BOTH LOCATIONS FINISHED OCTOBER 2008 NEARLY
NORMAL...WITH LONDON A FEW TENTHS OF A DEGREE WARMER THAN
NORMAL...AND JACKSON A COUPLE OF TENTHS COOLER.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE NEAR JACKSON FINISHED OCTOBER
2008 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 57.2 DEGREES...WHICH IS 0.3
DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 57.5 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH WAS
68.2 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW WAS 46.2 DEGREES.
STRANGELY...OCTOBER 2008 WAS THE SEVENTH COOLEST OCTOBER ON RECORD.
THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR OCTOBER 2008 WAS 84 DEGREES...WHICH
OCCURRED ON THE 7TH. A DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS ESTABLISHED
ON THE 11TH WITH A READING OF 82 DEGREES...AND THE 83 DEGREES ON THE
15TH TIED THE RECORD FOR THAT DATE. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE LAST
MONTH WAS 30 DEGREES ON THE 29TH AND 30TH...WITH DAILY LOW
TEMPERATURE RECORDS SET EACH DAY. ADDITIONALLY...A MAXIMUM LOW
TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 15TH WITH 61 DEGREES...AND
A MINIMUM HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS SET ON THE 28TH WITH A READING
OF 42 DEGREES.

THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE RECEIVED 1.46 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION IN
OCTOBER 2008...WHICH IS 1.72 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 3.18 INCHES.
THIS TOTAL PLACED OCTOBER 2008 AS THE 4TH DRIEST OCTOBER ON RECORD.
THERE WERE SIX DAYS WHEN A HUNDREDTH OF AN INCH OR MORE OF
PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED...AND THREE DAYS WHEN A TENTH OF AN INCH
OR MORE FELL. THERE WERE TWO DAYS WHEN AT LEAST A HALF AN INCH OF
RAIN WAS RECEIVED...AND NO DAYS WITH MORE THAN ONE INCH. THE DAY OF
THE 24TH NETTED 0.62 INCHES OF RAIN...WHICH WAS THE MOST RAINFALL
LOGGED IN A SINGLE DAY LAST MONTH...AND ALSO ESTABLISHED A NEW DAILY
PRECIPITATION RECORD FOR THAT DAY. 0.55 INCHES OF RAIN ON THE 8TH
SET A NEW DAILY RAINFALL RECORD AS WELL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF
PRECIPITATION RECEIVED IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD WAS 0.64 INCHES ON THE
24TH THROUGH THE 25TH. THROUGH THE END OF OCTOBER...THE JACKSON
WEATHER OFFICE HAS RECEIVED 30.61 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS
10.30 INCHES BELOW NORMAL FOR THE YEAR. EIGHT OF THE TEN MONTHS SO
FAR THIS YEAR HAVE ENDED UP WITH BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THE
FIRST SNOW OF THE SNOW SEASON OCCURRED LAST MONTH...WHEN A TRACE OF
SNOW FELL AT THE WEATHER OFFICE ON THE 27TH.

THUNDER WAS NOT HEARD LAST MONTH AT THE JACKSON WEATHER
OFFICE...WHICH IS BELOW THE AVERAGE FOR OCTOBER OF 1.5 DAYS. THERE
WERE EIGHT DAYS WITH FOG...THREE OF WHICH FEATURED DENSE FOG.
OCTOBER NORMALLY AVERAGES 4.6 DAYS OF DENSE FOG. 15,541 MINUTES OF
SUNSHINE WERE RECORDED LAST MONTH WHICH IS 75 PERCENT OF ALL
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE FOR THE MONTH. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR OCTOBER
WAS 2.8 MPH...AND THE HIGHEST WIND GUST OF 33 MPH WAS RECORDED ON
OCTOBER 27TH. THE MEAN WIND SPEED FOR OCTOBER IS TYPICALLY 5.2 MPH.

38 COOLING DEGREE DAYS WERE RECORDED LAST MONTH...WHICH IS 9 COOLING
DEGREE DAYS ABOVE NORMAL. THE SEASONAL COOLING DEGREE DAY TOTAL IS
NOW 1115...WHICH IS 57 ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE SEASON. THE FIRST
HEATING DEGREE DAYS OF THE SEASON WERE RECORDED AT THE JACKSON
WEATHER OFFICE IN OCTOBER...WITH A TOTAL OF 272. THIS AMOUNT IS 9
HEATING DEGREE DAYS ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH...AND 39 HEATING
DEGREE DAYS BELOW NORMAL FOR THE SEASON.

AT THE LONDON CORBIN AIRPORT...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 56.9
DEGREES...WHICH IS 0.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR OCTOBER. THE AVERAGE
DAILY HIGH WAS 70.5 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW WAS 43.3
DEGREES. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FROM LAST MONTH WAS 86
DEGREES...WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 11TH AND 13TH...WITH BOTH DAYS
SEEING NEW HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS. ANOTHER HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD
WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 12TH WITH A READING OF 85 DEGREES. A MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE WAS TIED ON THE 10TH WITH A READING OF 83 DEGREES. THE
LOWEST TEMPERATURE FROM OCTOBER 2008 WAS 26 DEGREES...AND HAPPENED
ON THE 30TH. NO LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TIED OR SET AT LONDON
LAST MONTH.

THE LONDON CORBIN AIRPORT RECORDED ONLY 0.90 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION
IN OCTOBER 2008...WHICH IS 1.90 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 2.80
INCHES. LAST MONTH WAS THE 4TH DRIEST OCTOBER ON RECORD.
ADDITIONALLY...OCTOBER 2008 WAS THE 18TH TIME THAT LONDON HAS SEEN A
MONTH TOTAL LESS THAN ONE INCH OF PRECIPITATION. THERE WERE THREE
DAYS WHEN A HUNDREDTH OF AN INCH OR MORE FELL...AND THREE DAYS WHEN
A TENTH OF AN INCH OR MORE OF RAIN WAS RECORDED. LONDON HAD ONE DAY
WITH AT LEAST A HALF AN INCH...AND NO DAYS WITH MORE THAN ONE INCH.
THE GREATEST DAILY AMOUNT WAS 0.51 INCHES AND OCCURRED ON THE
24TH...AND WAS ALSO THE MOST PRECIPITATION RECEIVED IN A 24 HOUR
PERIOD. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED AT LONDON
LAST MONTH. SO FAR THIS YEAR...LONDON HAS RECEIVED 27.61 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION. THIS AMOUNT IS 11.59 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. ALSO OF
NOTE...EIGHT OF THE LAST TEN MONTHS HAVE ENDED UP BELOW NORMAL.
FURTHERMORE...SEVEN OF THE EIGHT DRIER THAN NORMAL MONTHS HAVE SEEN
DEFICITS GREATER THAN ONE INCH.

LONDON HAD NO DAYS WITH THUNDER LAST MONTH. ALSO...THERE WERE 13
DAYS WITH FOG...AND TWO DAYS WITH DENSE FOG. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED
FOR OCTOBER 2008 WAS 3.5 MPH...WITH THE HIGHEST WIND GUST OF 26 MPH
RECORDED ON THE 27TH.

LONDON RECORDED 272 HEATING DEGREE DAYS LAST MONTH...WHICH IS 16
HEATING DEGREE DAYS BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. THE SEASONAL
HEATING DEGREE DAY TOTAL IS NOW 273...WHICH IS 65 BELOW NORMAL
FOR THE SEASON. THE LONDON CORBIN AIRPORT TOTALED 30 COOLING DEGREE
DAYS FOR OCTOBER 2008...WHICH IS 8 COOLING DEGREE DAYS ABOVE NORMAL.
THE SEASON TOTAL IS NOW 1218...WHICH IS 120 COOLING DEGREE DAYS
ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE SEASON.

WEATHER RECORDS AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE NEAR JACKSON
KENTUCKY DATE BACK TO JANUARY 1ST 1981...WHILE CLIMATE RECORDS FOR
THE LONDON CORBIN AIRPORT BEGAN ON THE 11TH OF NOVEMBER 1954.